Chapter 211: Taiyuan Wang Clan

Although Zhang Yunwen has been to Taiyuan several times, he doesn't know much about Taiyuan, so he can only say that he won't get lost when he walks alone on Taiyuan Street.

But Li Daozong is different, this prince grew up in Taiyuan almost since he was a child, and later Li Yuan Jinyang raised troops, so he followed Li Shimin to fight in the east and west. After the world was peaceful and the four seas were unified, Li Daozong had to stay in the fiefdom or fight outside. So when he returned to Taiyuan this time, Li Daozong's face was full of remembrance.

Entering Taiyuan City, Li Daozong's nostalgia became even stronger. He looked at the scenery that was vaguely like yesterday, and said to the professional with amazement: "I think that at the beginning, my uncle and His Majesty were all officials in the Eastern Capital, and Daoxuan and I were in Taiyuan City, and it was still the year of the Great Cause at that time!" We can be regarded as a tyrant in Taiyuan City, we haven't done anything good all day, stealing chickens and dogs, fighting everywhere, and fighting with those boys of the Wang family! Now that I think about it, I was really young and frivolous! ”

Hearing Li Daozong say this, Zhang Yunwen immediately knew why Li Daozong came over with a group of soldiers with bright clothes and armor, it turned out that it was for himself to be brave! Zhang Yunwen was full of malicious speculation in his heart.

For the arrival of the Jiangxia King Li Daozong, Taiyuan gave a very good reception, although there is no yellow sand paving, clear water sprinkled streets, but Taiyuan local officials and some officials of Hedong Dao Shangshutai were all present. The Wang family also sent several people of Li Daozong's contemporaries over. And Li Daozong's line is Jinyang Palace, and he lives in Jinyang Palace as a prince. Of course, it is not the main hall that lives, but a side hall dedicated to entertaining the prince.

After living in Jinyang Palace, Zhang Yunwen found an excuse to sneak out and walk alone on the streets of Taiyuan City.

As the northern capital, Taiyuan has developed transportation and developed rapidly. Walking on the street, you can see the flow of people coming and going. In the market, there are many shops, signboards and flags, and it is a prosperous scene.

Zhang Yunwen came to the market, looked around carefully, saw a special mark on the door frame of a cloth shop, and immediately went in.

Entering the cloth shop, a junior came up: "Ouch, this guest officer is inside!" I don't know what the guest officer wants? ”

Zhang Yunwen leaned against the counter, his fingers lightly tapped on the tabletop, and made a peculiar rhythm: "Do you have that kind of clothes called 'wandering shirts' here?" ”

The junior first looked at the rhythm of Zhang Yunwen's finger tapping, then glanced at Zhang Yunwen, and said with a smile on his face: "Yes, yes, of course there is!" However, this kind of garment is difficult to sew, and it needs to be 'threaded by the hands of a loving mother' to sew it out! This is the only one in our store, if you want to buy it, you have to ask the shopkeeper to come out! ”

"Okay, then I'll wait!" Zhang Yunwen said with a smile.

Xiao Er still had a sneer, lifted a beaded curtain, and walked in, and it didn't take long for a chubby shopkeeper to walk out. The little second introduced: "The shopkeeper, this is the guest officer who wants to buy the 'wanderer's shirt'!" ”

The shopkeeper smiled and said to Zhang Yunwen: "This guest officer, please, let's go inside to talk!" ”

Under the leadership of the fat shopkeeper, Zhang Yunwen came to the back room.

"Hehe, please rest assured, there are two layers of linen in this wall, and you can't hear the sound outside!" The fat shopkeeper saw Zhang Yunwen looking around, and couldn't help but say with a slight pride.

Zhang Yunwen smiled slightly, and after greeting the fat shopkeeper for a while, he went straight to the point: "You have been operating in Taiyuan for so many years, and you have a clear understanding of this Taiyuan City. Now tell me about the situation of the Taiyuan royal family! Don't talk about the distance, just talk about the recent situation! ”

When the fat shopkeeper heard this, he lowered his head and pondered for a long time, as if he was sorting out his thoughts, and after a while, he raised his head and said slowly: "The current patriarch of the Wang family is called Wang Qiong, and he belongs to the north room of the Wang family!" The entire Taiyuan royal house is divided into four rooms: the north room, the east room, the west room and the outer room. Now the one who holds the power of the Wang family is Wang Qiong of the North House. In addition to Wang Qiong, there are also Wang Ang in the East Room, Wang Jin in the West Room, and Wang Qu in the Outer Room, these people can be regarded as talkable in the entire Wang family! ”

When Zhang Yunwen heard the name Wang Qu, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

As for the division of labor in these four rooms, they are also different. The north room is in charge of the Wang family's fields, the east room is in charge of civil affairs, the west room is in charge of internal affairs, and the outer room is in charge of business. The three rooms have always been in the hands of the concubine, while the outer rooms are in the hands of the concubine. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Yunwen nodded slightly, the agricultural thinking of this era is very serious, so it is necessary to set aside a house to manage the land. On the other hand, it can be seen that the Wang family owns a lot of land. Civilian affairs are places where officials and literati are cultivated, and their influence is extraordinary. The head of internal affairs is in charge of all the miscellaneous affairs of the Wang family, although it is important, but it is worse than the first two. As for commerce, the status of Shinong is the lowest among the industrialists and industrialists, so there are concubines to run it.

The fat shopkeeper said again: "There are now three sons and one daughter in the north room, and now the eldest son Wang Heng is in charge. Wang Heng has two sons and a daughter, the eldest is only fifteen years old. Wang Ang of the East House had two sons, and the East House was also run by the eldest son. Wang Jin of the West House had a son and two daughters, and his son was in charge of the West House. And Wang Qu in the outer room, who has no children under his knees, but has an eldest daughter, who is the oldest in the third generation of the Wang family, and is nineteen this year. The outer room is now in the hands of Wang Qu himself, assisted by several second-generation children of the Wang family. ”

The fat shopkeeper introduced the situation of the Wang family in a few words,

Zhang Yunwen listened and groaned. Among these four rooms, Wang Qu, who is in charge of business, and Wang Jin, who is in charge of internal affairs, often deal with money, and they must be very in favor of profitable things, and the rest of the east and north rooms, one is a sour Confucian who teaches, and the other is in charge of the fields, I am afraid it is not easy to do! It seems that the breakthrough lies in the east room and the north room.

"You can tell me about some important people in the north room and the east room!" Zhang Yunwen said to the fat shopkeeper.

The fat shopkeeper said: "In addition to Wang Heng in the north room, there is another steward named Wang An, who belongs to the chief steward under the direct jurisdiction of Wang Heng, and his power is hot. Wang Heng is a person who is obsessed with painting and rarely takes care of field affairs, and almost everything is done by Wang An. And the important figure in the East Room is called Wang Fu. He is Wang An's nephew. Wang Ang and his two sons were both literati, and they didn't know anything about the housekeeping with the East House, so they were all taken care of by Wang Fu. ”

Zhang Yunwen listened, and immediately knew that the breakthrough between the north room and the east room was in this Wang An and Wang Fu.

At this time, the fat shopkeeper said: "As for the third generation of the current Wang family, most of them have never reached the crown or the crown, and the biggest one is Wang Quzhi's queen Yan." This girl has bright eyes and bright teeth and a graceful posture, but she is outstanding in the third generation of the Wang family. Not only did he take the first place in the test of the East House for several years in a row, but he was also proficient in fists and feet, and was good at riding whips. Most of the children of the third generation of the Wang family looked forward to her. Even Wang Qiong, the head of the Wang family, often said that this Wang Yan was born by mistake. If an adult wants to seek the royal family, he can work hard from this woman! ”

Zhang Yunwen glanced at the fat shopkeeper: "What is the 'Mouwang family'?" There are some things that you can't talk about! ”

The fat shopkeeper saw that Zhang Yunwen had no intention of blaming, so he smiled and vaguely past.

"Yes, that's right! I want a list of Wang An, Wang Fu, well, and Wang Yan's action rules, when can you take it out? Zhang Yunwen asked.

The fat shopkeeper was silent for a moment: "Wait, my lord, you can take it out after a quarter of an hour!" ”

After speaking, the fat shopkeeper hurriedly went up a staircase next to him.

Zhang Yunwen drank two sips of tea, a little bored, got up immediately, lifted the bead curtain, and came to the outside store.

At this time, there were already three customers in the store choosing fabrics, and two juniors greeted them warmly.

Seeing Zhang Yunwen come out, the junior who had received him came over with a smile on his face: "This guest officer, is there anything else?" ”

Zhang Yunwen said with a smile: "You shopkeepers are busy now, I'll come out and take a look!" ”

Xiao Er immediately knew what Zhang Yunwen meant, so he ignored him and went to greet the other guests.

Zhang Yunwen looked at the dazzling piles of cloth in the store with great interest. There are hemp, arrowroot, silk, silk, brocade, no matter how expensive or low, there is everything in the store. There was also half a white cotton cloth, which made Zhang Yunwen a little surprised. In this era, cotton has not been planted on a large scale, and the immaturity of cotton textile technology has also made the output of cotton cloth very small, only the Western Regions produce very little cotton cloth every year, and the Central Plains have no cotton cloth at all.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a commotion outside the door.